Fusee and cap.



1. LAMANTIA.

FUSEE AND CAP.

APPLICATION FILED Dec. I4. I9I4.

Patented May 11, 1915.

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wx I w FUNE T JOHN LAMANTIA, OF PORT RICHMOND, NEW YORK.

FUSEE AND CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application led December 14, 1914. Serial N o. 877,232.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, JOHN LAMANTIA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Refrew Place, Richmond avnue, Port Richmond,A in the borough of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fusees and Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fusee and caps in which the fusee-case is choked and crimped so as to make an eX- `tension of the paper tube; it is covered with a cap which, similar to the fusee-case, is at one end choked and crimped outward, forming an extension which is firmly tied to make a perfect closure and which is protected by a cover.

The objects of my improvements are as followsrl. To make the end of the fuseecase thicker to withstand any jar when thrown from a train. and, being the extended folded end is firmly tied, that makes it difficult for the end of fusee to break or to open. 2Q To protect the lighting end of the fusee with a cap, which makes a closure difficult to be' detached from the tube, carrying on its outer choked surface a complementary lighting material which is difficult to become detached from cap. 3. To protect the complementary lighting materinal (from moisture and wear) with a cover provided with a tape glued at one end to the cap, and at the other end pasted to the fusee, so that, should the cap be accidentally detached from the tube, it could not ignite the fusee until the aforesaid cover is removed.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view looking down upon the protecting cover. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a. perspective view of the cap showing the end firmly choked and tied. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thefusee-case showing the end choked, and leaving aperture for the inflammable composition. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the protecting cover carrying a tape cemented therein.

And referring now to the drawing: A. represents my improved tube or fusee-case,

which may be of any desired structure; but preferably cylindrical, as shown in the drawings, and' of any suitable material as paper or fiber, containing an inflammable material -aof any suitable composition, the end -bis choked and then crimped outward making an extension -0- which is firmly tied at its base leaving a convenient aperture -dfor a highly inflammable composition -e-.

B. is a cap of a suitable length which is adapted to pass over the end -JJ- and to properly fit on the tube A having its outer end choked and conveniently extended at f and firmly closed and tied in *y* and which is provided with a complementary material -L- adapted to ignite the inflammable composition -e-.

C. is a cover which is adapted to pass over the end ?lof the cap B in order to pro tect the complementary material from moisture and wear and in order to firmly hold the cap B.; it carries a tape -ccemented therein and showing the extended tongues i. 771,-. -mbeing of a length to extend considerably below the cap B; thus leaving the part nw to be pasted on the tube ----d at g while the other tongue -Z- is cemented to the cap B at -gas clearly shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An improved fusee-case composed of a paper tube having its wall at one end choked and then crimped outward, making thus an extension which is firmly tied at the base, and leaving a convenient aperture in its center to carry a highly inflammable material.

2. An improved cap composed of a paper tube of a suitable length, having its wall at one end choked and then crimped outward making thus an extension which is firmly tied and closed so as to leave no aperture. or passage whatsoever, the aforesaid extension carrying a complementary material.

JOHN LAMANTIA.

Witnesses:

HENRY JOHNSON, FRANK CENzALoNE. 

